Thirty-seven state ministers were sworn in before President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat today (08).
The new state ministers are as follows.
01. Jagath Pushpa Kumara – State Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion
02. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – State Minister of Finance
03. Lasantha Alagiyawanna – State Minister of Transport
04. Dilum Amunugama – State Minister of Investment and Promotion
05. Kanaka Herath – State Minister of Technology
06. Janaka Wakkumbura – State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government
07. Shehan Semasinghe – State Minister of Finance
08. Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva – State Minister of Agriculture
09. Thenuka Vidanagamage – State Minister of Economic Development and Housing
10. Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon – State Minister of Defence
11. Rohana Dissanayake – State Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
12. Arundika Fernando – State Minister of Urban Development and Housing
13. Vijitha Berugoda – State Minister of Piriven Education
14. Lohan Ratwatte – State Minister of Plantation Industries
15. Tharaka Balasuriya – State Minister of Foreign Affairs
16. Indika Anuruddha – State Minister of Power and Energy
17. Sanath Nishantha – State Minister of Water Supply
18. Siripala Gamalath – State Minister of Highways
19. Shantha Bandara – State Minister of Media
20. Anuradha Jayaratne – State Minister of Justice and Prisons Affairs
21. Sathasivam Viyalanderan – State Minister of Trade
22. Sisira Jayakody – State Minister of Indigenous Medicine
23. Piyal Nishantha de Silva – State Minister of Fisheries
24. Prasanna Ranaweera – State Minister of Small and Medium Sector Enterprises Development
25. D.V. Chanaka – State Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation
26. D.B. Herath – State Minister of Livestock Development
27. Shasheendra Rajapaksa – State Minister of Irrigation
28. Seetha Arambepola – State Minister of Health
29. Cader Mastan – State Minister of Rural Development
30. Ashoka Priyantha – State Minister of Home Affairs
31. Aravindh Kumar – State Minister of Education
32. Geetha Kumarasinghe – State Minister of Women and Child Affairs
33. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan – Rural Roads Development
34. Suren Raghavan – State Minister of Higher Education
35. Diana Gamage – State Minister of Tourism
36. Chamara Dasanayake – State Minister of Primary Industries
37. Anupa Pasqual – State Minister of Social Empowerment
